Knitters of kitchy dishcloths, REJOICE, and pick up a pair of needles.I had found frustration, also, in the lack of a decent bear patterned dc that wasn't a teddy bear or wasn't free. Here is my contribution to the free pattern effort: a dc inspired by my daughter's love of the polar bear. And since i am trying to revolt against the Made In (fill in the blank with country other than US) as much as i can, i figured i could knit my new washcloths for the bathroom this year with MADE IN THE *USA* yarns, eh? All i needed was the pattern and here is what a Sunday's worth of effort will get ya. Come and knit along with me, the best bear dishcloth is yet to be.Cast on 42rows 1 - 5: knit across6 and all other even numbered rows: K4, P34, K47 K across
9: K11, P6, K9, P7, K9
11: K11, P7, K8, P8, K8
13: K12, P7, K8, P8, K8
15: K12, P6, K9, P7, K8
17: K13, P5, K10, P7, K7
19: K13, P5, K7, P2, K1, P7, K7
21: K13, P5, K6, P2, K1, P8, K7
23: K13, P6, K5, P1, K1, P9, K7
25: K13, P6, K5, P1, K1, P9, K7
27: K13, P6, K4, P2, K1, P10, K6
29: K6, P2, K4, P13, K1, P10, K6
31: K5, P1, K1, P2, K3 , P13, K1, P10, K6
33: K5, P5, K2, P13, K1, P10, K6
35: K5, P20, K1, P10, K6
37: K5, P20 , K1, P10, K6
39: K5, P21, K1, P9, K6
41: K5, P22, K1, P8, K6
43: K5, P2, K1, P19, K1, P8, K6
45: K5, P23, K1, P7,K6
47: K5, P24, K1, P7, K5
49: K5, P4, K1, P20, K1, P6, K5
51: K5, P3, K2, P27, K5
53: K6, P30, K6
55: K6, P30, K6
57: K7, P29, K6
59: K7, P28, K7
61: K8, P27, K7
63: K8, P26, K8
65: K9, P25, K8
67: K10, P23, K9
69: K12, P20, K10
71: K across
73-77: knit across
this is going to knit up a little bigger than your average dishcloth because this is my first time designing something and i made a few mistakes while teaching myself the designing process. ;o)
couple things i learned i'd like to share with someone incase they are going to start designing their dream dishcloth of a wooly mammoth (or something like that):
1. before drawing your design on your graph chart, make sure you mark out your borders you want (if you want a specific size dc) as then you will know the EXACT space you'll have to work with.
2. next time i think i would try to design the outline of the object first, write down the coordinates, then fill in the object and write the coordinates--then you'd have a "two fer" for all your hard work!! :o)
I'll post a picture as soon as i get my cloth finished. If you use this pattern, please use it only for the purposes intended--for making yourself a nice bear cloth from a free pattern and not for submitting to a publication. Thanks!